Corset



M. KAHN May 12, 1936.

CORSET Original Filed Nov. '7', 1953 INVENVTOR Jficzocifa/hrv/ ATTORNEYS/ WITNESSES together.

Patented May 12, 1936 PATENT- OFEICE CORSET Max Kalm, Ccdarhiu'st, N. Y.

Application 3 Claim.

This invention relates to corsets and particularly to an improved construction'of back lace or wrap-around corset.

An object of the invention is to provide a corset having a novel arrangement of elastic sections whereby the circumferential elasticity in adjacent horizontal zones will be relatively proportioned so as to properly mold the figure while permitting controlled flexure to conform to the movements of the body,

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 illustrates a corset embodying the invention shown, as applied to the wearer, and illustrating its action in use;

Fig. 2 shows a front elevation of the corset opened and spread out.

The corset comprises two members 4 and 5, each of which at the meetingedges at the vback has lacing strips I and 2 to receive the lacing3 whereby the members 4 and 5 are adjustably held Lacing strips I and 2 carry flexible bones or steels as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The members 4 and 5 are of identical construction each formed of panels 6, I and 8. The panels 6 are relatively narrow and elastic circumferentially but substantially inelastic longitudinally. The panels I are relatively wide and elastic longitudinally but inelastic circumferentially. Panels 8 comprise parts 9 which are substantially inelastic in all directions, forming an abdominal compressing portion. Elastic inserts l0 and H are provided at the upper and lower corners of panels 8, said inserts being triangular in form and elastic circumferentially of the corset, one

edge of each being connected to the adjacent panel I while another edge is connected to the part 9 of the panel 8.

At the front edge I2 of section 8 a steel or stay is provided having looped members I3 00- acting with suitable studs l4, said looped members and studs being any desired kind of disengageable fastening means as, for instance, the commercial fasteners now in common use on corsets. The studs I4 are connected to a steel along the edge l5 so that the garment may be wrapped around the body and the fasteners then connected together. The lacing 3 having been adjusted when the garment is placed around the body it will be seen that the edges l2 and I5 will meet at the front. Because of the elasticity of the sections 6 and inserts l 0 and I I the fastening means may be connected so that the garment will fit properly and be comfortable throughout.

It will be understood that the member 4 is November 7, 1933, Serial No.-697,063 Renewed March 21, 1936 connected with the member 5 by the lacing 3 and that the various auxiliary panels therein function in "a similar manner.

After the garment has been properly positioned on a person with the upper edge of the garment at or near the waistline; the hose supporters shown in the drawing may then be fastened to the hose. When the garment is thus donned it will tend to mold and compress and support the figure, flattening the abdomen and rounding the parts of the body to give a pleasing appearance. The person wearing the garment may readily sit down and the lower edge will flex or curve easily so as to conform to the body without shifting any part of the corset. .The stays carrying the looped member l3 and also the stays l6, l1, l8 and I9 extend from the upper edge of the corset downwardly to about the bending line, as shown in dotted lines. In this way the upper part of the corset is properly supported by the stays while the lower part is flexible, and may be flexed to conform to the body movements.

It will be noted that at the front thecorset is provided with a non-elastic abdominal com-. pressing portion formed by the mating parts 9 of panels 8 which is laterally wider at substantially its horizontal medial portion'and relative- 1y narrow at its upper and lower ends, its shape being substantially a hexagon, and that at its wider portion it is connected laterally to the panels I which are inelastic laterally or circumferentia1ly;'that its upper and lower narrowed ends are connected to the panels I by the laterally or circumferentially elastic inserts l0 and II. By this construction the corset is provided with three circumferential compressive zones, the intermediate zone depending upon the lateral elasticity of the panelsG for holding the corset in place around the body, and zones adjacent the top and bottom, the elasticity of which is complemented by the elastic inserts l0 and II. By this arrangement, while the upper and lower ends of the abdominal compressing portion will be closely held to the body, they will at the same time yield to the body movements to a greater extent than the intermediate zone. In other words, at the top and bottom of the corset the confining pressure circumferentiallyyieldingly exerted by the laterally elastic panels 6 is transmitted through the elastic inserts l0 and l I, thus providing additional elasticity along the circumferential zones adjacent the top and bottom of the corset, while along. the intermediate cirpressure will be relatively greater, and transmitted only by the panels 6.

It will be further noted that while the panels I are elastic and capable of stretching from top to bottom, they are non-elastic laterally or circumferentially of the corset, thus while the panels I may stretch over the hips, forming as it were, hip pockets, to accommodate for the width of the body at the hip portion, nevertheless the stretch vertically, or from top to bottom, will be wholly confined between the top and bottom edges of the corset and will provide only the necessary expansion within the boundaries of each section 1 to accommodate for the reception of the hips and a proper conforming of the corset to the body. The additional elastic action circumferentially provided by the inserts l0 and l I will, while holding the corset in close contact with the body, permit a greater flexibility along and adjacent to its upper and lower edge materially assisting in the adjustment of the corset to the figure.

I claim:

1. A corset comprising two members, a lacing connecting said members together at the rear, disengageable fastening means for connecting the members together at the front, each of said members having a flexible steel adjacent each edge, and three panels, the center panel being elastic longitudinally of the garment, one of the other panels being elastic circumferentially of the garment, and the third panel comprising an inelastic abdominal compressor section with corner portions cut away and elastic inserts fitted in said corner portions, said elastic inserts being stretchable circumferentially of the garment.

2. A corset comprising two members, each having a lacing strip, said strips meeting at the back and a lacing engaging said lacing strips for connecting said members, a horizontally elastic but vertically inelastic panel adjacent each lacing strip, a relatively wide vertically elastic but horizontally inelastic side or hip panel connected along one edge to the first-named panel, and a front panel made of inelastic material connected to the other edge of said side or hip panel, said front panel having its outer corners cut oil at an angle, triangular circumferentially elastic inserts connected to the respective side longitudin'al edges of the said front panel near the top and bottom of the panel, said inserts being also connected along one edge to said other edge of said hip panel, and detachable fastenings for connecting the free edges of the front panels, the arrangement being such that the circumferential elastic compressive action of the corset varies in different horizontal zones, the elastic pressure along the intermediate zone being greater than that along the upper and lower zones adjacent the top and bottom of the corset.

3. A corset including two body-encircling members, a lacing connecting said members at the back, disengageable fastening means for connecting said members at the front, and stiifeners for each member extending from the top downwardly a distance approximately one-half the heightof the corset, each of said members comprising a side panel elastic and stretchable longitudinally of the garment, a rear panel elastic and stretchable circumferentially of the garment, and a front panel, the major part of said front panel being made of inelastic material and the remaining part being formed as triangular inserts of material elastic circumferentially and forming two of the corners of said front panel, the side panel being interposed between said front panel and said rear panel and connected along its rear longitudinal edge to the front longitudinal edge of said rear panel and along its opposite longitudinal edge to the rear edge of said front panel and circumferentially elastic triangular inserts.

MAX KAHN. 

